English 560,
The Gothic

Spring 2011

An exploration of Gothic fiction, from its eighteenth-century
beginnings to the present, in Britain and America. Readings will
include well-known works like Frankenstein, "Fall of
the House of Usher," and Dracula, as well as less
familiar examples of the genre. Topics for discussion will
include psychoanalytic, postcolonial, feminist, and queer takes
on horror fiction.